Three-quarter

Quick meaning: Three-quarter is an adjective meaning of three fourths of the usual dimension.

Meaning

of three fourths of the usual dimension.

More Meanings

1. (of a portrait) with the subject turned slightly away from a frontal view
2. (rugby) A player positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs (properly a three-quarter back)
3. (only in singular) A fraction with three of four equal parts (=75 %)

Example Sentences

a three-quarter length coat.

Europe has around a three-quarter billion/milliard (i.e. 750 million) inhabitants.

England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out.

Word Forms

• three-quarters

Synonyms for three-quarter

Depending on context, synonyms include three-quarters, fractional.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fractional, three-fourths, tri-quarter, quarter, sesquitertian, sesquialterate.

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